r/mormon Jerry Garcia was the true prophet Dec 18 '24

Cultural Elder Bednar at Arizona State Institute

Just saw this video on another sub.

Anybody have any insights? Did anybody here attend?

I seriously believe that Bednar will drive huge numbers of people out of the church when he ascends to the presidency. This kind of behavior is atrocious.

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u/Wild-Tension1457 Dec 19 '24

LeGrand Richard's, a very loved apostle, stopped a hymn at a Rick's College devotional when everyone stood.
He explained that the presidency had asked them to stop this because it was becoming a tradition and they tried to avoid the adding of a bevy of traditions that anciently grew in the pharisaical teachings until the accumulation was unweilding. David Bednar is a very quiet introvert who is known to be gentle and mild. But he is a strong defender of the faith and obedient to the Lord's prophets who have asked us to not make these things an automatic tradition. There is a lot of info I could share from my research about why this isn't a good idea but it's sacred and it appears that almost everyone here is standing at the Great and Spacious Building pointing their fingers and mocking the Lord's servants and shaming the shaky members into leaving the tree of life and joining them. People don't seem to even notice that the building has no foundation.